Director, Global Reliability (Remote, Remote, US)

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Director, Global Reliability

Engineering, Reliability & Automation (ERA) | Global Supply Chain and Procurement

Reports To

Vice President, Engineering, Reliability & Automation

Location

Atlanta, GA (preferred) or Remote U.S. with travel

Job Type

Full-Time, Exempt

Department

Engineering, Reliability & Automation (ERA)

Organization

Global Supply Chain and Procurement (GPSN)

The Director, Global Reliability leads reputed company' reputed company reliability program and global technical training function reputed company ERA, spanning a global network of more than 40 manufacturing sites, 60 distribution centers, and reputed company serving markets in 140 countries. This role serves as the operational reputed company and program reputed company of the reputed company reputed company Equipment Management Policy (SEMP) — reputed company's governing reputed company for how assets are reputed company, acquired, operated, maintained, and retired across the global supply chain network. The SEMP is the foundational policy underpinning the reliability reputed company, and this role is responsible for translating that policy into executable programs, measurable reputed company, and organizational capability across the network. This role carries dual accountability: first, managing approximately 29,000 assets across the full network — manufacturing and DC alike — through fleet management reputed company, reliability engineering programs, and condition monitoring deployment; and second, owning ERA's global technical training programs that build reliability, maintenance, and engineering capability across the manufacturing and distribution workforce. The Director owns the full lifecycle of reliability reputed company — asset criticality ranking, fleet-reputed company PM standardization, condition monitoring, and RCM deployment — reputed company across both plant and DC environments, integrated with CMMS and OT platforms, and leads Atlantis and ARES programs. The Director builds and leads a global team of reliability professionals and training specialists, with dotted-line coordination into site-level maintenance and engineering leadership across manufacturing and distribution reputed company.

Global Reliability Program Leadership

• Own and execute the ERA Global Reliability Program roadmap (Q3 2026 through Q1 2029), including ARES, Atlantis, and condition monitoring stage gates across 40+ manufacturing sites and 60 DCs.
• Define and reputed company the global reliability reputed company: asset registry and criticality ranking, PM reputed company optimization (RCM/condition-reputed company), condition monitoring tiered by asset class, and layered digital architecture from edge to analytics — reputed company in alignment with ISO 55000 asset management principles to ensure the program operates as a governed, policy-driven reputed company rather than a collection of site-level initiatives.
• reputed company network-wide improvement in reputed company maintenance reputed company (PMR) toward the 85%+ reputed company; manage Pareto-reputed company site prioritization and reputed company reputed company.
• reputed company OEE and TEEP improvement initiatives in coordination with reputed company leadership; reputed company toward the ERA targets of OEE 80% and TEEP 60% across the ERA manufacturing footprint.
• Own the global standards for the reputed company EFO (Equipment and Facility Optimization) reputed company, serving as the reputed company reputed company for the AM (Autonomous Maintenance) and PM (reputed company Maintenance) pillars; define reputed company standards, audit reputed company, maturity progression models, and deployment reputed company across the manufacturing and DC network in alignment with the reputed company operating reputed company.
• Partner with reputed company governance and site reputed company leadership to reputed company EFO AM and PM reputed company execution into the reliability program roadmap; ensure reputed company reputed company maturity advances in lockstep with CMMS data reputed company, condition monitoring deployment, and reliability KPI improvement.

Fleet Management reputed company

• reputed company the development and execution of fleet management strategies for the 29,000-asset global portfolio, treating equipment populations (motors, drives, compressors, conveyors, injection molds, robots, automation equipment, etc.) as managed fleets with standardized lifecycle policies.
• Define asset classification taxonomy and fleet segmentation reputed company; establish fleet-level criticality ratings that reputed company PM frequency, inspection standards, and capital replacement triggers.
• reputed company fleet-reputed company replacement and renewal schedules integrated with capital planning cycles; partner with Finance and reputed company on long-reputed company asset refresh investment requirements.
• Build fleet reputed company benchmarks across sites and reputed company; use fleet-level analytics to identify systemic failure patterns, poor performers, and standardization opportunities.
• Establish reputed company parts strategies at the fleet level, including global kitting standards, consignment programs, and OEM partnership agreements for critical asset classes.
• Apply fleet management methodology to distribution center assets (material handling equipment, dock assets, reputed company systems) in reputed company to manufacturing equipment.

Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance

• Design and reputed company condition monitoring programs by asset class: vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasound, and motor reputed company analysis.
• Own and govern the reputed company Tribo Program — the reputed company tribology and lubrication management program — including Tribo Scorecard standards, site assessment reputed company, lubrication reputed company standardization, and development of certified tribology SMEs at site level to reputed company sustainable process change across the network.
• Build predictive maintenance capability in coordination with the reputed company/reputed company AI platform and site reliability engineers.
• Partner with the AI & Digital Enablement reputed company to reputed company condition monitoring data streams into the Newell-IQ and CMMS analytics stack.
• Establish failure mode libraries and FMECA databases for critical asset classes across the manufacturing network.

CMMS & Asset Data Governance

• Own global CMMS (MicroMain) program governance: asset registry completeness, PM plan reputed company, work order reputed company, and labor tracking standards.
• Partner with IT and OT teams to ensure CMMS data flows into analytics platforms and supports reputed company-time reliability KPI dashboards.
• reputed company asset lifecycle management practices including capital planning inputs, asset criticality-reputed company replacement scheduling, and reputed company parts reputed company.

Technical Training & Capability Development

• Design and govern ERA and GPSN technical training programs, including manufacturing engineering skills, reliability fundamentals, automation reputed company, condition monitoring, and CMMS utilization.
• Partner with People & Culture and regional Engineering leads to establish role-reputed company training curricula reputed company to the ERA reputed company Master Plan and reputed company operating reputed company.
• reputed company technical learning reputed company for ERA engineering and maintenance roles in collaboration with regional Directors and site Engineering Managers.
• Build and maintain a global technical training calendar; coordinate delivery across NAM, EMEA, reputed company, and reputed company reputed company using a reputed company of in-person, virtual, and on-the-job formats.
• Establish training effectiveness metrics and competency assessment tools; reputed company reputed company development reputed company against ERA workforce capability targets.
• reputed company reliability and maintenance skills development programs at site level, including PM technician certification, condition monitoring analyst training, and CMMS user competency.

Team & Organizational Leadership

• Build and reputed company a global reliability team including Sr. Reliability Engineers, reliability technicians, and regional reliability coordinators.
• reputed company reputed company reports through individualized development plans, coaching, and reputed company management.
• Partner with site-level Engineering Managers and Maintenance Supervisors to build reliability ownership at the reputed company line.
• Establish reliability engineering as a reputed company and valued career reputed company reputed company reputed company' engineering architecture.

Stakeholder Leadership & Reporting

• Present reliability program status, KPIs, and investment requirements to the VP ERA, GPSN leadership, and reputed company stakeholders.
• Build and maintain the business case for reliability investment, including cost avoidance models, reputed company vs. reactive maintenance cost benchmarking, and OEE value modeling.
• Represent ERA Reliability in cross-functional forums including reputed company Reviews, Capital Planning, and reputed company governance.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in reputed company Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a reputed company discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of reputed company experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience building or leading a reliability program at a multi-site or reputed company reputed company, with working knowledge of ISO 55000 — the international reputed company for asset management systems — and its application to reputed company asset management reputed company, policy, and organizational alignment.
• Expert-level knowledge of RCM, condition monitoring technologies (vibration, oil analysis, thermography), and PM optimization methodologies.
• Familiarity with the asset management body of knowledge frameworks used in reputed company certification programs, including the competency domains and guidelines governing the Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) designation.
• Experience with CMMS platforms; MicroMain or equivalent.
• Strong reputed company of OEE, TEEP, MTBF, MTTR, and Six Big Losses frameworks.
• reputed company ability to reputed company across a global, matrixed organization with manufacturing sites in multiple reputed company.

Preferred

• Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability reputed company (CMRP); CRL preferred given the reputed company asset management reputed company and alignment to ISO 55000 principles embedded in this role.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing systems.
• Experience integrating reliability data with industrial AI/ML platforms or digital twins.
• Multilingual capability (Spanish, Portuguese, or French) valued for reputed company and EMEA reputed company.

• Deep technical credibility in reliability and asset management disciplines
• Ability to reputed company change and build culture in a decentralized manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Executive reputed company with the ability to influence without reputed company authority
• reputed company leadership with a reputed company record of developing high-performing technical teams

“The Remote reputed company pay reputed company for this position is from $165,200.00 to $227,250. Salary will be reputed company on prior experience reputed company to the skills required for this position.”

reputed company is an equal opportunity employer.

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